What about on the map? If I chose to 'skip week' in the room will I miss anything from the map?
Yes. There are certain events that will play out that could net you rewards or scenes that you will miss out on if you choose to not explore the map.
Onto another topic now...
BUG REPORT
Recently decided to try SoC again. Played from scratch with no cheats, no reloads / save-scumming, and no rollbacks on RNGs events and dice rolls. (Still early on. Captured R.Keep and just started Orcaid.)
- Movement Points -- After researching "Survivalism and Cartography" (first tech researched on this playthrough) which is supposed to add +2 Movement on the map, I've discovered that Rowan always starts with either 9 or 11 movement points at the start of his week regardless if he jumps to either portal or continues from where he left off previously. It has lately been at 9. (Thankfully it's not that big of a deal in Act 1 of SoC.) It might not actually be tied to this research option but rather due to random bad encounters that hinders movement. Thus, instead of temporarily hampering movement the game made the negatives permanent (month after month) and it was just coincidence if there happen to be any overlap with the research completion and any of these events.
- Lost Weapon -- Continuing with bad events... a thief stole Rowan's sword in a random event on the map. And despite managing soldiers at Bloodmeen, there's no replacement sword for the human bossman. Rowan can, however, will into being swords for necessary events such as in a duel against a frustrated Andras to keep Alexia and his soldiers safe from the demon. (C'mon, let's face it, why is there still a dice roll here with the impossibly high DC so early in the game for this face off?)
- Orcaid Gated -- Failed the diplomacy check to pass the guards when trying to visit Ulcro for the first time resulting in a demand of handing over a worthy weapon for a general. This poses an interesting conundrum. With no weapon on hand and that purchasing items from Cla-Min has been turned off by the devs, this effectively has gated a significant portion of the Orcaid series of events. (Heck, I'm not even sure if Orcaid is even doable if you can't visit Ulcro at all regardless of which path you take, is it? It's been so long since I last played SoC.)
- Tech Progess -- Players cannot view the current progress of any research in the new UI. This effectively makes research subjects moot. Players cannot time that with the tech rate to fill it on following week(s) / turn(s) without careful notetaking on the player's part. Despite what Cliohna says in game, the game has never allowed any carry over progress into new research whenever a prior research has been completed.
I suppose there might be a workaround with the Lost Weapon (and Orcaid) bug if, and only if, the player managed to acquire a *free* sword by pursuing the Cla-Min route. Of course, surrendering a unique item like that means Rowan is once again defenseless and likely to gain the ire of the Cla Clan, fluff-wise. I can't think of any other way currently of acquiring a replacement weapon without relying on some random event.
